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RENEWAL OF KIRKBY WIND FARM PARISH
COUNCIL EVIDENCE KIIRKBY
MOOR PROTECTORS CLOSING STATEMENT
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A595 Grizebeck Road Improvements
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Public Meeting 27th February, Grizebeck Village Hall 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. A
presentation by Cumbria County Council Highways Department regarding their
proposals for a bypass. There will be a question and answer session
following the presentation.
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Parish Council Meeting
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Please note new date - Wednesday 20th February, 7.00 p.m. Methodist Chapel,
Marshside.
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Frederick Wayles MBE
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At the December
meeting of the Parish Council, Cllr. Wayles, with a heavy heart, tendered
his resignation. He stated that unfortunately age and ill health were
preventing him from carrying out his duties as a Parish Councillor and that
it was time for him to stand down.
The Chairman, Cllr.
McPherson, on behalf of the Council, thanked him for his sterling work
during some thirty-five years of service to the Council and the community.
He had been Chairman for many years and had held the Council together during
some especially difficult times. He had acted both as Clerk and Treasurer
during the times when the Council was forced to act without those posts and
had been at the forefront of many of the projects that have improved the
Parish of Kirkby Ireleth.
Cllr. McPherson
concluded by saying that his knowledge of the area and its people will be
greatly missed.
The council warmly
applauded Cllr. Wayles.
It was also reported
that Mr. Wayles has resigned as Chairman and Trustee of the Kirkby Charities
a post he had occupied since its inception.
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History of Kirkby Group
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Kirkby Fragments - two new publications. Vol.
14 "Trains and Boats and Planes" and Vol.
15 "Paradise Lost". £3.50 per copy. On sale at Moorland
Stores.
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The Christmas trees for Soutergate, Grizebeck and Four Lane Ends are being
put up.
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A595
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KIRKBY
IRELETH PARISH COUNCIL'S REPONSE TO THE A595 GRIZEBECK IMPROVEMENT PUBLIC
CONSULTATION
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A595 ACTION
GROUP'S RESPONSE TO THE A595 GRIZEBECK IMPROVEMENT PUBLIC CONSULTATION
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Waterfalls of poppies -
Soutergate
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A595 |
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Grizebeck Bypass Drop-in Event, Grizebeck Village Hall
Wednesday 7th November
3.00
p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
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A5902 |
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Residents of Grizebeck have written to Cllr. S.
Young, leader of Cumbria County Council, expressing their concerns about
the dangerous speeding on Grizebeck Hill and through the village. |
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A595 -
Grizebeck Bypass Drop-in Event, Grizebeck Village Hall 12 - 6p.m. |
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Every one welcome to attend this first of a
series of meetings to view and pass comments upon Cumbria County Council's
proposals for the bypass. At the present time it is thought there are two
possible schemes. To view the proposals click
http://cumbria.gov.uk/a595grizebeck/ |
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WITHDRAWAL OF THE NO. 7
BUS FROM MILLOM TO BARROW |
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A meeting to discuss the withdrawal of the No 7
bus from Millom to Barrow is to be held on Thursday 18th October at
Askam Football Club Duddon Road starting at 7.00 p.m. This is an
opportunity for all those who would like to see the bus reinstated to
share their views with others who have been affected by Stagecoach's
action. In the meantime the Parish Council, and Matt Brereton our County
Councillor have written to object to the action. |
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INFORMATION REGARDING CONSULTATION - A595
GRIZEBECK 5th October https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/a595grizebeck/ |
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CUMBRIA
COUNTY COUNCIL CONSULTATION NEWS LETTER - A595 GRIZEBECK - 5th October |
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IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE A595 - CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL NEWS LETTER 2nd October |
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GRIZEBECK BYPASS
ANNOUNCED - EMAIL FROM JOHN WOODCOCK |
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Dear friend,
It is with
enormous pleasure that I am able to share the news that after years of
relentless campaigning for improvements to the A595 Dove Ford bottleneck
near Grizebeck, we have victory. This morning transport secretary
Chris Grayling announced a bypass will go ahead at the notorious
pinch-point.
Mr Grayling
made the announcement at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
The Grizebeck bypass will be one of five network schemes to benefit from
the new Major Road Network fund.
I am so proud to have worked alongside local campaigners – including
members of the A595 Action Group – and this announcement is fantastic
news.
I am also glad to have been able to have campaigned with Copeland MP Trudy
Harrison in pressing for work to be carried out and in parliament on July
11 nuclear minister Richard Harrington MP gave an undertaking that he
would become personally involved in trying to persuade the department for
transport to upgrade the notorious bottleneck that was holding back our
vision of a corridor of global nuclear excellence between south and west
Cumbria.
It was gutting when we found out after the election that Dove Ford was
being left off the list for improvements but all the hard work since then
has paid off. Mr Grayling himself acknowledged the problem of his
department excluding Dove Ford when we met him about the rail crisis in
the summer and today we can celebrate one of the biggest transport
campaigning victories in Furness for quite some time.
The Dove Ford choke point is acknowledged to be one of the most hazardous
stretches of road in Cumbria and is one of the key improvements targeted
in the area’s economic plan championed by the local enterprise
partnership and the Furness Economic Development Forum.
Traffic
tailbacks are commonplace because the road struggles with the volume of
traffic and the size of modern vehicles – many of them HGVs serving the
civil nuclear industry in west Cumbria.
The announcement from the Department for Transport makes clear that
development work is expected to start immediately. It is quite something
to go from off the list completely to being one of the first five of the
schemes across the country to be approved.
Thank you to
all residents and community activists who have championed the need for the
improvement of the road over years of campaigning. I am so proud to
have worked with you to bring this improvement to fruition.
Yours ever,
John
John
Woodcock MP
Member of Parliament for Barrow and
Furness |
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SPEEDING - BE AWARE! |
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The Police Speed Monitoring
cameras have been in Kirkby seven times recently and will be in place at
undetermined times in the near future. So far 163 drivers have been
issued with fixed penalty notices. The Police have identified the
A595 through Kirkby as one where there is a real problem with speeding
vehicles. These range from large lorries (some local, some from distant
places), commuters (travelling to BAE Systems and Sellafield and others)
and to Kirkby inhabitants. The Council is to write to a number of local
and national companies asking them to inform their workers of the need to
conform with the speed limits along the A595 and especially through
Kirkby. |
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"Making Homes
Affordable" advice from South Lakeland News, July 2018 |
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To rent:
The eligibility requirements
for affordable housing can differ slightly from property to property. The
main criteria is:
You must have a local
connection to the parishes surrounding the property
You must be in housing need
and unable to afford housing on the open market
The property must be used as
your home. It cannot be used as a buy-to-let, second or holiday home.
If you are interested in
affordable housing to rent you should join the housing register which is
called Cumbria Choice. Further information can be found in the Cumbria
Choice website.
To purchase:
Keep an eye out for new
developments as most will have an element of low cost ownership. When
ready for sale, these will be advertised in the usual places such as local
newspapers, estate agents and property search websites.
As well as any new
developments that may arise, there are usually affordable homes for
resale. Other than shared ownership, where an owner builds up or
"staircases" to 100% ownership, properties remain affordable
through their lifetime and there are existing home owners wanting to sell
their affordable homes all the year round.
These will also be
advertised in the usual places and will state in the advert
"Affordable housing" or "subject to Section 106
agreement" or "buyers must be approved by the council".
Visit SLDC's website for
more information or, if you have a specific property in mind, contact the
council's Affordable Housing Officers for more details. |
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Kirkby Moor Wind Farm |
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You
can make comments online at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/planning-inspectorate
or in writing to: Leanne Palmer, Case Officer, The Planning Inspectorate,
Room3/0 Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN
SLDC Application Ref:
SL/2017/0687
Planning Inspectorate
Ref: APP/M0933/W/18/3204360 |
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Little Acorns |
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Our
village playgroup has been running for 50 years and to celebrate we are
holding a celebratory Afternoon Tea and Teddy Bear's Picnic on Sunday 1st
July in the marquee at the Community Centre. All existing and past
supporters (children, parents, grandchildren, carers and helpers) are most
welcome to help us celebrate this milestone. Children's entertainment
includes bouncy castle, face painting, balloon modelling and magic show.
This is a ticket only event, £3 adults and £2 children. Please contact
Lauren Newby tel: 889912 before the 26th of June if you would like
tickets. |
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Kirkby Moor Wind Farm |
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Ventient Energy is appealing
South Lakeland District Council’s planning committee decision to reject
an extension to the operational life of the 4.8MW Kirkby Moor wind farm
near Ulverston in England.
The company is seeking planning
permission to continue to operate the existing wind farm, which features
12 Vestas 400kW turbines with 41.8-metre tip heights, until 2027. The UK
Planning Inspectorate will now consider the application to extend the
project's life. |
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Affordable Homes |
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The Housing development adjacent to Burlington
School may have up to seventeen affordable homes, either to rent or buy,
built within the complex. BUT in order for this to go ahead there
has to be shown a need within the community for this to proceed. If you
would like to be considered for an affordable home on this site you are
advised to register with the Affordable Homes Officer SLDC Tel: 01539
793 558 or Angela Cassidy of Lancet Homes Angela.Cassidy@lancet-homes.co.uk
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Parish Council |
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The Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual General
Meeting take place on Thursday 17th May, 7.00 p.m., in The Village Hall,
Beckside. All members of the Community are invited to attend. |
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National Grid's North
West Coast Connections proposals |
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Latest news letter from Power
without Pylons. identifying new contractor for Moorside and its
implications. |
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Housing development adjacent to
Burlington School |
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The full planning application submitted to SLDC is here |
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The outline plans for the fifty houses can be viewed here.
and a site entrance view here. |
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Methodist Chapel |
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Due to acts of vandalism on the car park CCTV surveillance
equipment has been put in place. |
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Housing development adjacent to
Burlington School |
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It is expected that the planning application for the housing
development is to be put to South Lakeland District Council Planning
Department the week beginning 23rd April. |
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Community Centre |
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Following the repeated act of damaging to the bowling green
club grass surface by marking with risque drawings CCTV surveillance
equipment has been installed at the Centre. Please be aware Police and
Civil action will follow if further vandalism occurs. |
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Major Road Network Consultation |
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The Government is carrying out a survey as to which roads
should be improved and become part of the Major Road Network within
Cumbria. The A595 stretch from Dalton to Grizebeck has been omitted from
the plans but a consultation regarding this is now taking place. The whole
document can be viewed here.
Information as to how to respond is also given. The consultation closes on
Monday March 19th at 11.45 a.m. |
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National Grid's Proposals |
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Although nothing tangible has been heard from National Grid
for some time the groups set up to object to the proposals are still
operating in the best interests of the local communities. Recently the nopylons
group have released a summary of their suggestions to have the power
transported from Moorside offshore. To read their full proposals access
their web site at www.nopylons.co.uk |
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Sandbags |
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Sandbags have been delivered to Soutergate Car Park, the
Community Centre, Marshside and Grizebeck. They are available for
collection at any time. |
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Housing development adjacent to
Burlington School |
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Following the Public Engagement Exercise held at Burlington
School and the Community Centre it was clear that flood risk, and in
particular overland flow, was a concern of the community. Because of this
the developer's engineers have taken the design of the scheme further than
they ordinarily would for a planning application, in order that they could
demonstrate to the community and the Local Planning Authority that there
is a solution that works. The scheme designs are being finalised, as
well as amendments to the landscaping in response to comments from the
community (principally the beefing up of the planting along the northern
boundary to the site). The application for the development will be
submitted shortly.
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Flooding |
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The Parish Council are providing bins for the storage of
sand bags at Soutergate, Marshside, Beckside, Chapels and Grizebeck. |
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